RATES OF POSTAGE.
Town Letters Posted at any Post Office within the colony for delivery at or from such i ost Office:— Not exceeding half an ounce ... Id Exceeding half an ounce, bnt not exceeding one ounce ... ... 2d For every half ounce over one ounce ... ... ... ... Id Country Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post Office within the colony : Not exceeding half an ounce ... 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce ... ... 4d For every half ounce over one ounce ... ... ... ... 2d Australian Colonies. Not exceeding half an ounce ... 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce ... ... 4d For every half ounce over one ounce ... ... ... ... 2d England and Foreign Countries. Per Half Ounce. United Kingdom, via San Francisco and Suez... ... ... 6d United Siat.es of America, via San Francisco ... ... ... 6d Sandwich Islands, via San Francisco ... 6d Canadian Dominions, via San Francisco ... 8d British Columbia Is West Indies ... Is Mexico, via San Francisco ... Is Central America ... ... Is South America, via San Francisco Is Newspapers. Posted at any office within tbe colony for delivery at the same office .£d Posted at any office within the colony, for delivery at any other office within the colony ... Australian Colonies Id United Kingdom Id Via San Francisco. United States of America ... Id Sandwich Islands Id Canadian Dominions ... ... 2d I British Columbia 2d , West Indies ... ... ... 2d Mexico ... ... ... ... 2d Central America ... ... 3d South America ... ... ... 2d | Book Postage. Posted at any office within the colony for delivery at the same, within the colony, the Australian colonies, or the United Kingdom ... loz ... Id “ “ 2oz ... 2d “ £lb ... 4d “ “1 lb ... 8d Every additional lb, or fractional part of a lb* ... 8d Via San Francisco United States, every lb ... 4d ! Sandwich Islands • “ ... 4d i Canadian Dominions “ ... Gd ; British Columbia “ ... Gd West Indies “ ... Gd Mexico « ... Gd ; Central America “ ... Gd ; South America. “ . tJd
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Kumara Times, Issue 441, 23 February 1878, Page 4
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311RATES OF POSTAGE. Kumara Times, Issue 441, 23 February 1878, Page 4
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